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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3114708, member: 56859&quot;]Very attractive!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of Alexandrian sphinxes in the post of the Great Sphinx.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliussphinxobol-rt-jpg.738207/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius as Caesar</b></p><p>AE obol, 20.5 mm, 6.0 gm. Alexandria.</p><p>Year 15 (CE 151/2)</p><p>Obv: MAVPHΛICKAICAP; bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Sphinx crouched right in the pose of the Great Sphinx of Giza; LIE (date) above in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1919.15, R5; Dattari 3221; <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" rel="nofollow">RPC IV online 15684</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]790997[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 20, CE 156/7</p><p>AE obol, 18 mm, 4.36 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; sphinx crouched/reclining left; L K above</p><p>Ref:&nbsp;&nbsp; Emmett 1782.20; unlisted reverse for year; unlisted in Geissen and Dattari[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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